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The Nationalization

The GCC countries are facing population and foreign workforce imbalances, and therefore, want to create and train their own nationals to be in the forefront of all sectors and also to become the driving force behind the business and corporate sectors in their own countries.

The issues of nationalization are being discussed at all levels; this also is creating a positive interaction among nationals to take direct, active roles rather that are passive bosses. Nationalization is fueling education and active engagement. This, when blended with a foreign workforce, creates a new kind of energy of its own, and this energy is what the new business climate needs, a blend of integrated highly efficient working environments. Nationalization is a very good thing, and the sooner the localization picks up steam it will be better for all sides.

Opportunities for the World

Today Dubai and GCC opens golden opportunities to the global business communities of the world. The business activities in the region are increasing at record pace by the day, Dubai now sets the standard, and every other city in the region wants to catch up fast. Right now, Dubai International Exhibition Centre, the largest centre in Middle East, has 365 days of bookings for major fairs, exhibitions and conferences, millions of people are coming in to interact, exchange ideas to form alliances and sellers form all over the globe in search of business from this super-rich region:

"We are the gateway to the world now, and we can show it in technicolor. Just come and see what we have done here in last 10 years," says Sateesh Khanna, an India-born expatriate in Dubai since the last 30 years, and now General Manager at Al Fajer Information & Services, the largest exhibition company in the region and also the organizer of the SME EXPO in Jan 2007. (www.gogcc.com, www.semeexpo.com).

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